A Day In The Life Of Elon Musk, The Most Inspiring Entrepreneur In The World

He is running two world changing companies: Electric car maker Tesla, and private space exploration company SpaceX. He's also chairman of SolarCity, a company that does solar panels for homes.

We asked Musk if he'd give us an inside look at his daily operations. He obliged, and his assistant sent along these photos from Thursday July 12. He was at SpaceX, which is based in the LA-area.

Musk splits his time between his two companies. He's at SpaceX's LA-based headquarters on Monday and Thursday, then he heads to Tesla (in the Bay Area) on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Friday he splits time between both. Tesla Design has offices in the same office park as SpaceX.

If you're unfamiliar with Musk, he became wealthy when eBay bought PayPal for $1.5 billion. Unlike other PayPal executives who got rich from that deal, he veered away from web-based companies.